Improvement in napkin rings and holders



No. Patented Nov. 6, 1877.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN HEBERLING, OF IOWA CITY, IOWA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TOGEORG WILHELM MARQUARDT, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN NAPKIN RINGS AND HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 196,898, dated November6, 1877 application filed 1 September 27, 1877.

To an whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN HEBERLING, of

Iowa' City, in the county of Johnson, and in the State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful'Improvelnents in Napkin Rings andHolders; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a partof this specification.

My invention relates to napkin-rings; and it consists in providing thesame with a detachable double hook or clasp to form a napkin holder orsupporter, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I Will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed'drawin g, in which-I Figure l is a central section of 'a' napkinring with the double hookor clasp attached thereto, and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the hookor clasp. I

A represents an ordinarynapkin-ring, which is provided with projectionsto a, (or indentations,) which answer for catches for the ends of thedouble hook or clasp 0. When thus attached this double hook orspring-clasp makes an ornamental stand or support for the ring, holdingit in two or more positions, as desired.

This attachment is designedto be used, when desired, for suspending thenapkin from the collar or other neck-wear of a person, and is easilydetached from the ring for that purpose v by simply lifting one end ofthe hook or clasp over one of the catches a.

The double hook or clasp O is also, at one end, provided with a spring,D, for engaging the napkin. By letting the clasp rest on the table withthe open side up, the napkin can be easilyinserted by pressing thespring down, and the arrangement of this spring is such that the harderthe napkin is pulled the more firmly it is held.

Another advantage of the arrangement of the spring is, that whenattached to the napkin-ring the spring is almost entirely out of sight.

The general design of the whole may bevery' much changed, and thedouble-hook attachment may be madeto resemble the form of a man, animal,or other object, and may be pro- ,fusely ornamented, and may havedifferent de- JOHN HEBERLING. I

Witnesses: I

A. E. SwIsHER, GEO. BEISIGEL.

